Kindle Notes & Highlights
lumithium bound the four elements of air, water, earth, and fire together, and in that binding, resonance was created. The Sacred Faith held that resonance was a gift, intended by Sol, godhead of the elemental Quintessence, to elevate humanity. Resonance was a rare ability in many parts of the world, but not in Sol’s chosen nation of Paladia. The pre-war census had estimated nearly a fifth of the population possessed measurable resonance levels. The number had been expected to rise further with the next generation. Usually, resonance was channelled into the alchemy of metals and inorganic
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It was the iron guild heir. Kaine Ferron.
“Because you thought they’d accept what you are if you only reduced yourself enough.”
“I have warned you, if something happens to you, I will personally raze the Eternal Flame. That isn’t a threat. It is a promise. Consider your survival as much a necessity to the Resistance as Holdfast’s. If you die, I will kill every single one of them.”
“Your job, Marino, is to use any means necessary to bring Ferron to his knees.
“I swear it, on the spirits of the five gods and my own soul, Kaine Ferron, I’m yours as long as I live.”
“Don’t die, Marino. I might miss you.”
Of course the chimaeras were savage. How could anything endure so much hurt and not learn only to bite?
“Call me, and I will come.”
How different it could have been if the international community had decided to put even a negligible amount of effort into caring sooner.
If he’s a monster, then I’m his creator.”
She was a non-active member of the Order of the Eternal Flame and did not fight.
